The Eiffel Tower is set to get a very special makeover ahead of the Paris Olympics in 2024. The iconic landmark will be given a fresh lick of paint, in yellow and brown tones that will give it an overall golden hue - a fitting tribute to the winners' medals of course.
Not to mention that it's reportedly the colour which Gustave Eiffel originally wanted when creating the tower. "It's going to give the Eiffel Tower a more golden hue at the time of the Olympic Games," Patrick Branco Ruivo, the director of the Société d'Exploitation de la Tour Eiffel, told France Info. "It will give [the tower] a bit of rejuvenation".
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